B&R USA
4-1 Europe
4-1 Europe
Mosconi Cup week 2018
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I thought it was a bold move to go with skyler vs Shaw...not sure if Johan had the option of SVB but in years past towards the end SVB was the work horse playing back to back matches and it didn't fair so well.
Skyler won and secured the 3 match victory for day 3....setting up for a pressure all on Europe day 4
Kaz lost the CB low on the break. Albin spears in the cross side bank on the 1 ball.
B&R
Europe wins 5-1
USA up 9-6.
B&R
Europe wins 5-1
USA up 9-6.
Just a cultural thing I guess. Basically like an european football crowd; incessant heckling and pressure. The home team has some advantage in this respect and its an accepted practice. Some of the heckling can be quite genius though
I thought the same thing. Skyler wasn't waiting for the crowd to shut up, he embraced it. This day is monumental in his career imo.
Shaw chunked multiple times, guess karma, as they say, is a b!tech.
I know all of those players but John.
Styer has been phenomenal.
these are the moments that define the event. Very unlikely Europe can turn things around...
Bridge was used today......first time I've seen it. I believe it was the second doubles match.
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I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow, but I'm pretty proud of this USA team.... guys generally ranked well lower than their counterparts across the board, with the exception of SVB. And yet, through some good old fashioned grit, these youngsters have persevered and have created a fairly nice David vs Goliath story come true.
With any luck, they'll close this Mosconi story tomorrow.
With any luck, they'll close this Mosconi story tomorrow.
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I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow, but I'm pretty proud of this USA team.... guys generally ranked well lower than their counterparts across the board, with the exception of SVB. And yet, through some good old fashioned grit, these youngsters have persevered and have created a fairly nice David vs Goliath story come true.
With any luck, they'll close this Mosconi story tomorrow.
While it would suck if they somehow didn't close it out tomorrow, I don't see how anyone doesn't see this as a win for Team USA.
No, tomorrow is monumental in the careers specifically of the 3 young American players, not today. It will not be easy to finish this off with the added pressure of being so close and the expectations that they are now supposed to close it out tomorrow with this current lead they've forged. They will have a very hard time sleeping tonight. I just hope we can get on the hill in one of the first two matches. The longer Europe can stave off elimination tomorrow, the harder it will get for team USA to close it out.
That is very true! The longer the USA extends things, the more pressure will mount on them. I have grown
to dislike Shaw, because of his unprofessional attitude, how he acts when he is behind, and how he asked for a re-repack against Ko, after the rules said you couldn’t get a re-rack. He is way too demonstrative, even before his runout is complete, and his ego is a little out of control. Europe does have a long list of Super-talented Players, with many of them having been World Champs or previously rated number-one. Oh, on the nitpicking side, the announcers are much too biased toward Europe, and it’s “America is”, not “America are”!!
to dislike Shaw, because of his unprofessional attitude, how he acts when he is behind, and how he asked for a re-repack against Ko, after the rules said you couldn’t get a re-rack. He is way too demonstrative, even before his runout is complete, and his ego is a little out of control. Europe does have a long list of Super-talented Players, with many of them having been World Champs or previously rated number-one. Oh, on the nitpicking side, the announcers are much too biased toward Europe, and it’s “America is”, not “America are”!!